Life-boat.



F. PALESGH.

LIFE BOAT. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 21. 1914. 1,100,771. Patented June23,1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 23, 1914.

Application filed January 21, 1914. Serial No.' 813,422.

To all who m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RANK PALEsoH, a subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Boats, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lifeboats, the ob- 'ect of the invention bein to rovide a l e lite boat withmeans for maintaining the equilibrium of the same when afloat.

A further object of the invention is to provide an equilibrator for lifeboats which may be collapsed and stored in a comparatively small spacewhen not in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a life boat withmeans for-- renderin the same buoyant when in service.

Another object of my invention is to provide a life boatv with means toprotect the occupants thereof from injury by waves or other elements towhich the boat-is exposed.

With the aboroand other objects in View, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will hehereinafter more fully described and. then claimed, and in describingthe invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification and wherein like numeralsof reference will be employed to designate like. parts throughout thedifferent views, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a liteboat constructed in accordance with'my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is detached perspective viewof the equilibrator, the suspending means therefor being broken away. )3a. 4 is a top plan view of the same partly broken away. Fig. 5 is adetail view of a part of one of the holding chains within the lite boat,and, Fig. 6is a perspective view partly broken away of one of thehangers for the equilibrator.

The boat proper is designated as 10. Surrounding the boat is a buoyantmember 11: preferably of cork, orthe like. On the deck 12 of the boat ismounted a cabin 14, entrance to which is had through door-Ways closed bydoors 15.

Within the boat I provide a floor 16 preferably of rubber, so that theoccupants of the r boat wil not slip thereon, and on this floor aremounted a plurality of seats 17. A rail 18 extends around the interiorof the boat, and cross chains 19 together with straps 20 are alsoprovided, the said chains, straps, and holding rail 18 providing handholds tor the occupants of the boat. It is preferable to provide arudder and steering mechanism as 21, and also a suitable alarm or sirenas 22.

On each side of the boat exteriorly thereof, I provide a plurality ofpairs of sockets these sockets receiving the short arms 24 of l"-heads25 formed on the upper ends of hangers 26 which arc held againstswinging movement in addition to being held by the sockets by braceblocks 27. These hangers are received through keepers 28 near. theirlower ends and have inturned lower ends 29 which engage underneath andsupport the equilibrator body to be hcreinafter more'fully described.The keepers 28 are constructed so as to swing on their securing bolts 30as a pivot, the other end of the keeper being hook-shaped to engage overthe bolts 31. Thus, when the nuts on bolts 31 are loosened, the keepers28 may be swung on their pivots 30 so as to disengage the hangers. Thehangers on each, side are braced together by straps or braces 32, thebolts 33 which secure the lower ends of the braces 32 having nuts whichmay be removed so that the brace arms may be disconnected at their lowerends to allow the hangers to be separated from each other.

The equilibrator comprises a substantially rectangular box memberembodying a top 34, sides 35, and bottom 36. It has pointed 01' V-shapedends 37 secured at the apex by a pintle 38, and secured as by hinges 39to the sides 85. The sides are secured by hinges 40 to the top 34, andthe bottom 36 is secured by hinges 451 to the sides 35. The pintles 42of the hinges are made readily removable so that the entire boxstructurecan be collapsed, and thus will occupy comparatively littlespace when not setup and in use. Door-ways 43 are provided in the sides35 to admit water into the box, and openings 4:4 are provided in the topto allow the air to escape as the box is filling. These 1 doors may beoperated by rods 45 leading up into the vessel to any convenient point.

With the boat constructed as above described, the equilibrator inpractice is designed to be in collapsed form and stored where it canreadily be attached to the boat. In case it is desired to use-the boat,the equilibrator is suspended in position thereon and the boat thenlowered into the water.

Vhat I" Claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is z- 1. The combination with a boat having pairs ofsockets on opposite sides thereof, of hangers having their upper endsprovided with T-heads, the dependingarms of which engage said sockets,and their lower ends projected inward, and an equilibrator detachablysupported on said inwardly-projecting ends. 1

2. The combination with a boat, of hanger varms dctachably-connectedwith opposite sides of said boat, a collapsible equilibratordetachably-connected to said hangers and pivotally-secured keepers forsaid arms.

3. The combination with a bout,ofhangcrs 2o detachably connected attheir upper ends with the sides of said boat-and'having ink turned lowerends means for securing said hangers against swinging movement inde-

